TAILIEUCHUNG - Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John, A.D. 1604-1784

Born and reared upon the banks of the River Saint John, I have always loved it, and have found a charm in the study of everything that pertains to the history of those who have dwelt beside its waters. In connection with the ter-centenary of the discovery of the river by de Monts and Champlain, on the memorable 24th of June, 1604, the chapters which follow were contributed, from time to time, to the Saturday edition of the Saint John Daily Telegraph. With the exception of a few minor corrections and additions, these chapters are reprinted as they originally appeared. Some that were hurriedly written,. | Glimpses of the Past by W. O. Raymond 1 Glimpses of the Past by W. O. Raymond The Project Gutenberg EBook of Glimpses of the Past by W. O. Raymond This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Glimpses of the Past History of the River St. John . 1604-1784 Author W. O. Raymond Release Date February 23 2010 EBook 31368 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK GLIMPSES OF THE PAST Produced by Robin Monks Dan Horwood and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive Glimpses of the Past by W. O. Raymond 2 GLIMPSES OF THE PAST. History of the River St. John A. D. 1604-1784. By Rev. W. O. RAYMOND . St. John N. B. 1905. Illustration SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN. Discoverer of the River St. John. The Father of New France. Born at Brouage in 1567. Died at Quebec Dec. 25 1635. PREFACE. Born and reared upon the banks of the River Saint John I have always loved it and have found a charm in the study of everything that pertains to the history of those who have dwelt beside its waters. In connection with the ter-centenary of the discovery of the river by de Monts and Champlain on the memorable 24th of June 1604 the chapters which follow were contributed from time to time to the Saturday edition of the Saint John Daily Telegraph. With the exception of a few minor corrections and additions these chapters are reprinted as they originally appeared. Some that were hurriedly written under pressure of other and more important work might be revised with advantage. Little attempt at literary excellence has been practicable. I have been guided by an honest desire to get at the facts of history and in so doing have often quoted the exact .

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